DAY 2

9:30

Round table: The current situation of women creators in the performing arts in Galicia.

MODERATOR

Marta Pérez, director of Inversa Teatro, Vigo (Spain).

Ana Abad de Larriva, playwright, deputy director of Revista Galega de Teatro, Cangas (Spain).

Anxeles Cuña. Playwright, educator and director of Sarabela Teatro, Ourense (Spain).

Begoña Cuquejo, cultural manager, dancer and artistic director of trasPediante, Noia and Geneva (Spain, Switzerland).

Irene Moreira, community theatre director, Porriño (Spain). Porriño (Spain).

10:30

Discussion forum

11:00

Performance by Esperanza Mara (classical music).

Multidisciplinary artist and creator who has performed in halls and theatres in Spain, Portugal and France. Vigo (Spain).

11:30

Break & Parallel Activity:

Presentation and discussion of the in progress project "Hécuba" by Margarita Borja; an international Hispano-Hellenic co-production.

PARTICIPANTS:

Artistic direction: Margarita Borja (Spain) and Zoe Chatziantoniou (Greece).

Production: Konstadina Aggeletou (Greece) and Fernando Vallejo (Spain).

12:00

Round table: Reaching the stage: women’s difficult path to programming and distribution channels in the performing arts.

MODERATOR:

Natalia Balseiro, independent cultural manager and mediator. Former artistic director of the Centro Coreográfico Galego and the Ibero-American project MOV-S, A Coruña (Spain).

Isabel Pérez Izquierdo, Support Department for the private performing arts sector at the Andalusian Agency for Cultural Institutions, AAIICC, Seville (Spain).

Katerina Evangelatos, theatre director and artistic director of the Athens and Eupidaurus Festival, Athens (Greece).

María Armesto, director of the Mostra Internacional Teatro Cómico- Festivo Cangas, MITCFC, Cangas (Spain).

María Sánchez de la Cruz, director of the Teatro del Bosque, Móstoles (Spain).

13:15

Discussion forum

14:00

Lunch

16:00

Workshop*: Overcoming The Obstacles - a workshop to develop inspiring and practical ways for women in theatre to claim centre stage.

By Maria Aberg, associate artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company, RSC and artistic director of the international theatre company Projekt Europa, London (UK).

*Venue: Headquarters of the Provincial Council of Pontevedra in Vigo. •This workshop will not be live-streamed through the MEI 2022 platform.

16:15

Performance by Silvia Penas, poet, performer and creator. Vigo, Spain. (Spain).

16:30

Round table: Access barriers to theater direction and artistic direction in public theaters.

MODERATOR:

Fefa Noia, former director of the Centro Dramático Galego, CDG and current deputy director of Centro Dramático Nacional, CDN. Madrid, (Spain).

Carme Portacelli, director of the National Theatre of Catalonia and professor at Theatre Institute of Barcelona. Barcelona, (Spain).

Cristina Yañez, theater director and director of the Teatro de la Estación and the theater company Tranvía Teatro of Zaragoza, (Spain).

Jana Pacheco, director and playwright. Creator of the educational and collective project El Palomar Itinerante, Malaga (Spain).

Lydia Koniordou, actress, theater director, artistic director of public theaters and pedagogue. Former Minister of Culture and Sports (2016-18) of the Hellenic Republic.

17:30

Discussion forum

18:00

Round table: Previous experiences, open paths on the European scene.

MODERATOR:

Nieves Mateo, director, actress and journalist. Professor at the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático, RESAD. First Vice-President of Clásicas y Modernas. Madrid (Spain).

Jill Greenhalgh, creator of The Magdalena Project, International Network of Women in Contemporary Theatre, professor at the University of Wales in Aberstwyth (UK).

Maria Aberg, theatre director and associate artist at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Artistic director of Projekt Europa (UK).

Mariana Araoz, director, educator and producer. Director of the international project Trans Mission Research, TMR, (Sweden, France, Spain, Argentina, USA).

Patricia Portela, writer, filmmaker and transdisciplinary artist. Former director of the Centro de Artes do Espectáculo (Centre for Performing Arts) in Viseu ,(Portugal).

18:30

Discussion forum

19:30

Closing session

20:15

Theatre presentation: As Fillas Bravas de Momán

(The Brave Daughters of Momán). Chévere Company. Santiago de Compostela (Spain).